I agree, BOOST is a too bloated and you likely only use 1% of its features.
I would put some effort to get rid of it. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 5, 2012, at 7:30 AM, Ton Roosendaal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Can I get advice from the c/c++ devs here if Boost is going to be a default > dependency now? > It is currently possible to disable Boost by excluding some libs (like for > mini blender compiles). > > I'm concerned about portablity too. And from my limited POV any library takes > 200 MB diskpace is suspicious! > > Next to that - we do serious attempts to keep code readable in Blender. Heavy > use of templates can lead to constructions nobody will ever be able to debug. > It's a common issue with C code too - but in C++ hacking even more. In other > developer environments people agree together on sticking to only a limited > subset of all C++ features for that reason. > > (Our audio library now uses Boost, that's the reason) > > Laters, > > -Ton- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation [email protected] www.blender.org > Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
